Charles J. MacGowan (June 2, 1887 – October 25, 1960) was a Scottish-born American labor union leader.
Born in Argyllshire in Scotland, MacGowan emigrated to Canada with his father in 1897.
[1][2] MacGowan emigrated to the United States in 1913, continuing to work as a boilermaker and remaining active in the IBB.
He later became assistant to the president of the Railway Employes' Department of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and served on the Railroad Adjustment Board.
He retired as president of the IBB in 1954, but took a prominent role in the negotiations which merged the AFL into the new AFL-CIO, and continued as one of its vice-presidents.